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From: James Gregurich <bayoubenga...@mac.com>

> I have read up on GC, and I don't like the idea of introducing 
> non-deterministic behavior into my code base. 


I would question the assertion that GC introduces non-deterministic behavior, 
unless you consider the time it takes for particular code to execute to be 
"behavior".

In which case standard malloc/free is not deterministic either, since 
algorithms for amalgamating free areas in the heap are not exactly predictable, 
and the time they take will not be constant across different calls.

That's why if you were controlling the space shuttle you wouldn't use 
malloc/free OR GC.


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